Read the sentence from "Fish Cheeks.” What terrible disappointment would he feel upon seeing not a roasted turkey and sweet potatoes, but Chinese food?

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uses precise language that appeals to the reader's senses of sight and taste.
contains details to describe what Robert may see and feel on Christmas Eve.
uses figurative language to describe the disappointment Robert may feel.
contains a simile comparing roasted turkey and sweet potatoes to Chinese food.

uses precise language that appeals to the reader's senses of sight and taste.

Explanation:

The writer here uses words that appeal to a reader's power of imagination. Words such as 'roasted' and 'sweet' will make a reader employ his or her sense of taste. One can savor and recall the taste of roasted turkey and sweet potatoes as he reads through the description. The sense of sight is also brought back as one imagines what sumptuous traditional meal was to be prepared but which was rather met with just Chinese food.

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